Germantown Trust Co. v. Powell
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, May T., 1918, by Germantown Trust Company, Columbia National Bankj and Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh, from decrees of C. P. Dauphin Co., Equity Docket, Nos. 578, 575 and 576, Commonwealth Docket, 1916, Nos. 39, 37, and 38, dismissing bills in equity for an injunction, in cases of Germantown Trust Company v. A. W. Powell, Auditor General of Pennsylvania; Columbia National Bank, a Federal corporation, v. Same Defendant; Union Trust Company of…
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Appeals, Nos. 1, 2 and 3, May T., 1918, by Germantown Trust Company, Columbia National Bankj and Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh, from decrees of C. P. Dauphin Co., Equity Docket, Nos. 578, 575 and 576, Commonwealth Docket, 1916, Nos. 39, 37, and 38, dismissing bills in equity for an injunction, in cases of Germantown Trust Company v. A. W. Powell, Auditor General of Pennsylvania; Columbia National Bank, a Federal corporation, v. Same Defendant; Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh, a State corporation, v. Same Defendant. Bills in equity for an injunction. Before Kunkel, P. J. The opinion of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. .Justice Moschzisker,
There are three appeals in this matter, but all can be disposed of together. Appeal No. 1 is by the German-town Trust Company, of Philadelphia; No. 2-, the Columbia National Bank, of Pittsburgh; and No: 3, the *183Union Trust Company of Pittsburgh. A bill in equity was filed by each of these corporations, praying that the Escheat Act of June 7, 1915, P. L. 878, be declared invalid as violating several mandates of both the Federal and State Constitutions.
The attorney general, who appears for the defendant auditor general, correctly states in each of his paper…
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